Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 10/07/06 03:18

Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
> <wiley@volcanomail.com> skrev i meddelandet
> news:1160185450.325651.227200@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> Was wondering if there is any code to keep search engine bots from
>> picking up my ebay auction pages and archiveing them, earning them free
>> publicity and competing against my off-ebay website ?
>>
>> Any help appreciated, Wm
>
> You could use https and then protect those pages by using a password.
> As search engines do not know the password they could not come in...

No, then his eBay auctions would not be viewable from eBay... https is
*not* what you think it is...

Put eBay auction files in a folder and use a robot.txt file to indicate
that that folder is not to be indexed. Google "robot.txt" for syntax...

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Take care,

Jonathan
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